Mikhail Tal

Some sacrifices are sound; the rest are mine.

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[Event "rated untimed match"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Unknown"]
[Black "Unknown417"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "David Hayes"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[FEN "4r2k/7p/5pp1/2RP1p2/2Q2P2/q6P/P5P1/6K1 b - - 0 1"]
[SetUp "1"]
[TimeControl "0"]
[WhiteElo "0"]

1... Re1+ ( { Black can try: } 1... Qe3+ 2. Kh2 Re4 3. Rc8+ Kg7 4. Rc7+ Kh6 5. Qc1 Qxc1 6. Rxc1 Ra4 7. Rc2 Rd4 { With a likely draw. } ) 2. Kh2 Qe3 3. Rc8+ Kg7 4. Qb3 Qg1+ 5. Kg3 Re3+ 6. Kh4 Qf2+ 7. g3 Qxg3# 0-1